Contributing Authors
 | Professor Dieter Flader Free University of Berlin |
Professor Flader, expert on intercultural communication, Professor at the Free University of Berlin and at the University of Warsaw, lectures in communication analysis, linguistics, sociology and psychoanalysis.
He is director of the seminar "How to Solve Intercultural Conflicts and Improve Intercultural Management Skills" in Warsaw (in cooperation with the Polish company K2liders and the German Chamber of Commerce). He is communication consultant for international companies.
Scientific background:
- Habilitation in Linguistics, Psychoanalysis and Communication Research.
- Professor at the Free University of Berlin, Faculty of Philosophy and Human Studies (since 1996), lecturing on Communication Analysis and Linguistics.
- Docent at the Graduate School for Social Research at the Polish Academy of Science in Warsaw(1996-2002), lecturing on Communication Theory and Psychopathology of Social Institutions
- Lecturer on Inter-cultural Communication problems as visiting professor and docent at Vanderbuilt University (USA), Charles-University in Prague (Czech Republic), University of Tilburg (Netherlands), University of Salzburg (Austria), Adana University (Turkey), Warsaw University (Poland)
- Research work on strategies of advertisement, on psychoanalytic discourse, on the scientific foundation of psychoanalysis, and on inter-cultural communication problems in business in Poland.
Professional Consulting background:
- Psychoanalytic expertise - clinical analysis, group dynamics training seminars for canidates of psychoanalysis in Berlin - (since 1979)
- Communication consultant for managers - training seminars, coaching, models of effective professional communications - (since 1989)
- Consultant on inter-cultural communication problems - training seminars, coaching, cultural audit - (since 1990)
Articles written by this author
- The Psychology of Persuasion in International Arbitration - A Project
- Arbitrator Bias - The "Human Aspect"
- Aspects of Legal Argumentation
- An Action Model of Mediation in International Business with the Emphasis on Psychological Mechanisms and the Impact of Cultural Differences
- "Poles are telling Lies!" "Poles do not follow the Rules." "There is no Work Moral in Poland." - Western Complaints about Poles as a Matter of Culture Shock
- Beyond Reason. Using Emotions as You Negotiate - by Roger Fisher and Daniel Shapiro. (Book review)
- Intercultural Cooperation Problems occurring in Organisations between West-ern Expatriates and Natives in Foreign Countries - Examples: Poland and India ( M.Deshpande)
- Cultural Differences in Arbitration
- More about the Human Factor: Narcissistic Problems in Transnational Disputes and Dispute Resolutions
- Comment on recent mediation cases
- Western Arrogance and Polish Resistance to these Strategies - A Cause of Severe Communication Problems in Intercultural Business Negotiations
